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Everyone is born protected by human rights. For example, the right to life and the right to live free of discrimination are two fundamental human rights, among many others. Everyone is protected by these rights; at least, everyone should be. However, there are people who face threats and violations to their basic human rights every day, and they suffer because of it. The novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card illustrates the issue of the right to be treated fairly and equally regardless of age…

William Lee Julian AP Human Geography 1 February 2018 Worst Mistake According to Jared Diamond, the worst mistake in the world is agriculture, because it leads to to inequality, a poorer quality of life, malnutrition, starvation, and epidemics of diseases. Agriculture lead to deep divisions in color, ranking, and sex. A poorer quality of life because of divisions, malnutrition, starvation, and epidemics of diseases. Malnutrition, starvation, and epidemics of diseases was caused by division in…

scrutinize the information they receive and even if they do, they are condemned to silence. Civil servants in the developing world earn very little. The governments do not listen to their grievances even when aired. They work so hard to make the nation move economically, but the benefits remain…

Feelings in Mind Along with the development of technology, there are great changes in people’s daily lives. On the one hand, the use of technology in various territories brings people great convenience. On the other hand, these advanced techniques may cause some problems in social and personal aspects. In the essay “Alone Together”, the author, Sherry Turkle, illustrates that the technology not only does offer convenience to people, but also leads people to have…

Indeed, Choudhury (2006) defends investments on private sector with the purpose of bettering food transportation. While developed countries have modern systems such as railroad and highway that allow food transit efficiently, in third-world nations, some cultures are transported by bicycles and animals. Also the infrastructure for roads and energy transmission may be developed in order to raise the transport efficiency requiring engineered facilities on farms to consumer market. The Institution…

On both a national and international scale, Violence against Women is one of the most universally violated human rights; as outlined in the United Nation’s ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’, Article 3 “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” In Australia alone over one woman a week is killed by someone known to them; this year 57 women have been murdered by a current or former partner in Australia, not including unreported or unsolved cases. Whilst a variety of…

Over the past years, industrialized nations, such as the United States (U.S.) and Europe, have ridded their nations of waste by participating in the international waste trade. The international waste trade is when industrialized nations export toxic wastes created in their country and relocate it to other undeveloped countries. This has become a debate issues due to various factors. In 1987, Sunday Nana, a Nigerian, illegally signed a contract allowing Italians, Renato Pent and Gianfranco…

Access to free trade creates the opportunity for more nation-states to become independent actors within the world, while still being a part of the global economic system. Following the concept of independent and democratic freedom, liberalism also stresses the importance of the common good of the population, political participation, private property, and equal opportunities for all citizens of the…

Topic: Globalisation is a gendered phenomenon. Discuss the impacts of globalization on the lives of women in developing countries and how this might impact on transnational crime. Use Examples. Globalisation is simply defined as a process of increasing interconnectedness between societies in such that events in one part of the world increasingly have effects on people and societies far away (Globalization and world politics textbook). According to HAWKESBURN, globalisation is a gendered…

Does the United Nations (UN) care about women? This is a controversial topic because it examines if one of the worlds largest and most powerful international governance organizations considers women to be important. The assumption would be that the UN holds an obligation to women as half the world 's population, but Cynthia Enloe in her most recent lecture highlighted the ways women are working to be recognized and protected by the UN. Enloe began by describing the structure of the UN, which…